Comment Sure, but ... (Score 1) 8
Linus Torvalds on AI, Junk Patches, Humans, and Godzilla
What are his thoughts on GOTOs - and Velociraptors?
Comment Re:Always the wrong answer (Score 2) 84
Define "working society". Are you including the people who shoplift/steal items and make their living selling them at popup flea markets?
Boosters are risking their freedom and even their lives. If it was easier for them to find work then they'd do legitimate work instead of boosting. Selling at flea markets is a job itself, so they're clearly willing to work.
Comment Re:Picking on Cuba (Score 1) 93
I don't even know what our victory conditions might be now that Castro is dead.
Trump gets a resort in Havana?
Comment Re:Distill this, Xi! (Score 1) 48
Because the website helpfully provides structured data with tags which make it clear what it is, it's very easy to just use old fashioned and cheap filters to exclude content like that from the training set without losing anything else.
Comment Re:Solar fricken roadways all over again (Score 1) 96
Protesting something that doesn't happen is better PR for you than protesting something that does...
Comment Re:Cosmic is not ready for prime time (Score 2) 32
This is a shame; the features sound compelling enough to make me consider switching desktops (especially the "stacking" feature) but those bugs sound like more than I'm willing to put up with. I can accept a few bugs here and there but unfortunately those are serious enough to be deal-breakers. For now.
Submission + - OpenAI has a rough 24 hours
An anonymous reader writes: 1. Top Executive Departure
Fidji Simo, who served as OpenAI’s CEO of Applications (effectively the company's number two executive), announced her departure on July 10, 2026. She is transitioning to a part-time advisory role due to health reasons.
Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI's number two job
2. Shutdown of Browser Tool
OpenAI announced it is sunsetting its Atlas web browser, which it launched nine months ago. The company stated that the lessons learned from Atlas are being integrated into their new "ChatGPT Work" desktop application, rendering the standalone browser unnecessary. Access to Atlas is scheduled to cease on August 9, 2026.
OpenAI is shutting down its Atlas web browser
3. Sued by Apple for Trade Secret Theft
Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on July 10, 2026. The 41-page complaint alleges that OpenAI orchestrated a scheme to steal hardware trade secrets, specifically naming OpenAI's head of hardware, Tang Tan (a former Apple executive), and former Apple engineer Chang Liu, who allegedly retained confidential files after joining OpenAI.
Apple sues OpenAI, alleging the AI company stole trade secrets
Apple sues OpenAI alleging theft of top-secret information
4. Selling Products to Chinese Firms
Investigations have revealed that OpenAI and Google provide advanced AI services to subsidiaries of Chinese companies (Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent) that are on the U.S. Pentagon's "1260H" blacklist. While the companies maintain they do not operate in mainland China, these Chinese firms have been accessing the technology via subsidiaries in Singapore, a move that critics argue exploits a loophole in current U.S. export controls.
OpenAI and Google are selling AI to blacklisted Chinese firms
OpenAI, Google Sell AI Models to Blacklisted Chinese Firms
Fidji Simo, who served as OpenAI’s CEO of Applications (effectively the company's number two executive), announced her departure on July 10, 2026. She is transitioning to a part-time advisory role due to health reasons.
Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI's number two job
2. Shutdown of Browser Tool
OpenAI announced it is sunsetting its Atlas web browser, which it launched nine months ago. The company stated that the lessons learned from Atlas are being integrated into their new "ChatGPT Work" desktop application, rendering the standalone browser unnecessary. Access to Atlas is scheduled to cease on August 9, 2026.
OpenAI is shutting down its Atlas web browser
3. Sued by Apple for Trade Secret Theft
Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on July 10, 2026. The 41-page complaint alleges that OpenAI orchestrated a scheme to steal hardware trade secrets, specifically naming OpenAI's head of hardware, Tang Tan (a former Apple executive), and former Apple engineer Chang Liu, who allegedly retained confidential files after joining OpenAI.
Apple sues OpenAI, alleging the AI company stole trade secrets
Apple sues OpenAI alleging theft of top-secret information
4. Selling Products to Chinese Firms
Investigations have revealed that OpenAI and Google provide advanced AI services to subsidiaries of Chinese companies (Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent) that are on the U.S. Pentagon's "1260H" blacklist. While the companies maintain they do not operate in mainland China, these Chinese firms have been accessing the technology via subsidiaries in Singapore, a move that critics argue exploits a loophole in current U.S. export controls.
OpenAI and Google are selling AI to blacklisted Chinese firms
OpenAI, Google Sell AI Models to Blacklisted Chinese Firms
Comment Re:Romero (Score 3, Funny) 53
They are being given an offer they cannot refuse of a new and exciting opportunity to go up and forward in their professional lives.
Comment Re:Cry me a river (Score 2) 53
"Groundbreaking" never was MS's forte, they typically let startups test ideas and then buy or swipe an idea when it catches on.
Submission + - 'I'm not a programmer' anymore: Linus Torvalds (zdnet.com)
joshuark writes: ZDNet reports at the Open Source Summit in Mumbai, Linux creator Linus Torvalds and his friend Dirk Hohndel discussed the current state of Linux and where it's headed. Torvalds described his work pattern during kernel merge windows: "Over two weeks, I do roughly 200 merges. That's a very rough ballpark number." Here's another thing that's changed: Torvalds no longer sees himself as a programmer. "Let's be entirely honest. I hardly read code at all anymore. I'm not a programmer, I'm a development lead."
What matters most to him is understanding intent: "When I do a pull request, I want to understand the bigger picture. It's one of the reasons I ask for pull requests with very good explanations: I will read them. I want to understand what's going on."
On mixed C/Rust code bases, he pointed out that guarantees are limited: "The guarantees that Rust give you only apply in the Rust-only parts of your code base, and wherever you interact with C code, all bets are off," with most Rust code in Linux talking to "core kernel C code" that is "much better quality because that code has been tested in every single environment."
He concluded, "There are many useful and less useful uses for AI," and "I think Godzilla is a great place to stop."
What matters most to him is understanding intent: "When I do a pull request, I want to understand the bigger picture. It's one of the reasons I ask for pull requests with very good explanations: I will read them. I want to understand what's going on."
On mixed C/Rust code bases, he pointed out that guarantees are limited: "The guarantees that Rust give you only apply in the Rust-only parts of your code base, and wherever you interact with C code, all bets are off," with most Rust code in Linux talking to "core kernel C code" that is "much better quality because that code has been tested in every single environment."
He concluded, "There are many useful and less useful uses for AI," and "I think Godzilla is a great place to stop."
Comment Re:Cops were actually well behaved, shockingly. (Score 1) 128
You only hear of the ones that are assholes because that's much more rage-inducing, just how the news wants it to be.
If you've got 1 bad cop, and 9 "good" cops who are covering for him, what you've actually got there is 10 bad cops.
Comment Re: The difference between blue collar and white c (Score 1) 50
haha good one, the boys down at the maga rally will get a real kick out of it as you stroke eachother off
You have it exactly right. I can see why you didn't post with an identity, you'd get punished by the reich wingers. Wage theft exceeds all other theft combined but maggots are still crying about shoplifters
Comment Re: Muslims (Score 1) 84
You should watch "Django Unchained" to see such 'sacks' work.
Comment Re:Muslims (Score 1) 84
People already use masks and shawls, big sunglasses and hats in the UK, because of the tens of thousands of cameras.
Comment Re:Selective use (Score 2) 84
Normal, because there ARE NO 'illegal immigrants', only asylum seekers and refugees.
